Fly case



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FLY CASE Filed July 6, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor MLLMM N G/PA/vanvA iiomey Patented June 24, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

FLYCASE William N. Grandin, Amesbury, Mass.

Application July 6, 1940, Serial No. 344,265

1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in cases for fishing flies, theprincipal object in view being to provide a light-weight, inexpensivepocket case for carrying wet or dry flies so that neither the hooks, northe delicate structure of the flies will be injured and which isespecially adapted for carrying a large number of flies within arelatively small space so that access may be readily had thereto forselection as desired.

To the accomplishment of the above, and the subordinate objectspresently appearing, a preferred embodiment of my invention has beenillustrated in the accompanying drawings, set forth in detail in thesucceeding description, and defined in the claim appended hereto.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the preferred embodiment of myinvention.

Figure 2 is a view in top plan with the cover plate removed and partsshown in section.

Figure 3 is a view in longitudinal section taken on the line 3--3 ofFigure 2.

Figure 4 is a View in transverse section taken on the line 44 of Figure3.

Figure 5 is a view in transverse section taken on the line 55 of Figure3.

Figure 6 is a View in perspective of the dividing bar, and

Figure 7 is a view in perspective of one of the flights.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, in the illustrated embodimentthereof, the fly case of my invention comprises a container I, ofelongated, substantially rectangular form and having enlargedcylinder-like ends 2 for a purpose presently seen. Intermediate the ends2 the container I is flat and comparatively shallow. The container Iembodies a body portion 3 and a cover plate 4 hinged at one side edgethereof, as at 5, to one side 6 of the body portion and adapted to belatched in closed position by a suitable spring catch I engaging a notch8 provided in the other side 9 of said container. The cover is providedwith a door I0 fitting therein and preferably offset from the transversecenter of the container toward one end thereof, said door being hinged,as at II, to the cover plate 4 and being provided with a suitablefriction latch I2 for coaction with one edge of said plate to yieldinglyhold the door closed. The body portion 3 is preferably formed of light,strong, thin metal, and the cover plate 4 and door ID of suitablecomposition material.

Within the ends 2 of the container l is a pair of cross-shafts I3extending axially of the ends and suitably journaled in the sides 6, 9,against end play. A longitudinally extending bar I4 with end bearings I5through which the shafts l3 extend is provided in the container I,centrally thereof, said shafts supporting the bar and the bar forming adividing member for a purpose presently seen.

A pair of sprocket toothed wheels I6 are fixed on each shaft I3 adjacentopposite sides 6, 9, of the container I, respectively. A pair offlexible sprocket bands ll, of any suitable material, at opposite sidesof the container I, respectively, connect the sprocket Wheels It inpairs.

The sprocket bands I'I support cross flights I8 spaced equidistantlyapart and each embodying a bar I9 of cork, or a similar material, and abacking bar 20 of thin metal having its ends suitably connected, as byrivets 2|, to the pair of sprocket bands I I, respectively. One of theshafts I3 is extended through one side 6, or 9, as the case may be, ofthe container I, and provided with a knurled knob 22 for rotating saidshaft.

In the use of the described case, the flies 23 are attached to the barsI9 by inserting the hooks in one side of said bars with the remainder ofthe flies extending cross-wise thereof as shown in dotted lines inFigure 2. The wet and dry flies may be thus attached to the bars I9 uponopposite sides of the bar I4 so as to separate the same. The bar I4 alsofunctions as a brace for the shafts I3. As will be apparent, thesprocket bands I1 and described flights I8 provide a conveyor that maybe operated through the medium of the knob 22 to feed the flies past thedoor II] in two separate displays for selection and detachment of theflies as desired. The cylindrical form of the ends 2 of the container Iprovide for adequate clearance between the flies 23 and the interior ofthe container I when said flies are moved around the shafts I3 underwhich operation, as will be clear, the flies project at different anglesfrom the conveyor than when travelling between said shafts.

If desired, instead of using the door Iil for access to the interior ofthe container I, the cover plate 4 may be unlatched and used to open theentire container.

Any suitable means may be provided on the shafts I3, such as collars 24,for preventing the bar I4 from creeping along the shafts.

The foregoing will, it is believed, suffice to impart a clearunderstanding of my invention without further explanation.

Manifestly the invention, as described, is susceptible of modificationwithout departing from the inventive concept, and right is hereinreserved to such modifications as fall within the scope of the subjoinedclaim.

What I claim is:

A case for fishing flies comprising an elongated substantiallyrectangular container having an open top, a closure plate for said topdetachably secured thereto, a pair of cross shafts journaled in saidcontainer at opposite ends of the latter, respective y, one manuallyrotatable from the outside of the container, an endless conveyorextending between said shafts comprising a pair of sprocket wheels faston each shaft adjacent opposite ends thereof, respectively, a pair ofsprocket bands upon opposite sides of said container trained around saidsprocket wheels, and a plurality of cross flights extending between saidbands and each including a cork strip into which the hooks of flies maybe inserted, and a central bar extending between said shafts and forminga division indicating member whereby different kinds of flies attachedto the flights upon opposite sides of the bar may be separated, saidplate being provided with a small door therein for access to said flieswithout detaching said plate, the ends of the container being enlargedand substantially cylin drical to provide for clearance for the flies onthe conveyor under travel of the latter around said shafts.

WILLIAM N. GRANDIN.

